Title

Cognitive Change Checklist: Psychometric Characteristics in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Authors

Authors

J. A. Schinka; D. C. Robinson; W. L. Mills;L. M. Brown

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatr.

Keywords

Activities of daily living; aging; cognition; cognitive decline; dementia; informant; mild cognitive impairment; rating scales; EVERYDAY COGNITION; IMPAIRMENT; VALIDATION; 3CL; Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology; Psychiatry

Abstract

Objective: To extend the psychometric study of the Cognitive Change Checklist (3CL) by examining the reliability, factor structure, and external correlates of 3CL informant and self-report ratings in community-dwelling adults. We also conducted receiver operating characteristic analyses examining rating scores from this normative sample with those of clinical samples. Design: Scale reliability and validity study. Setting: Community sites. Participants: Six hundred seventy-nine older adults. Results: The pattern of scale relationships within and across versions, and the failure to find associations with age and education, were consistent with findings in clinic samples reported previously. Factor analysis replicated the four-factor structure of the informant ratings. All informant version scales significantly discriminated amnestic mild cognitive impairment cases and patients with mild dementia from normals. Conclusion: These findings provide support for the use of the checklist as a clinical tool to facilitate identification of cases of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. (Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2012; 20:1070-1074)

Journal Title

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volume

20

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1070

Last Page

1074

WOS Identifier

WOS:000311715500008

ISSN

1064-7481

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